Tote-box.



W. E. DONNELLY.

l TOTE Box. APPLICATION FILED 00T. 19,1905.

903,848. Patented Nov. 1?, 1908.

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WILLIAM E. DONNELLY, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

TOTE-BOX.

Specification ofLetters Patent.

Patented Nov. 17', 1908.

Application led October 19, 1905. Serial No. 283,387.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, 4IVrLLiAM E. DON- NELLY, citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahogal and State ofOhio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tote- Ioxes;and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it pertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to metallic boxes, more especially adapted for usein mills, factories and like places, for receiving metallic articles,such as nails, bolts, nuts and other small articles and carrying themfrom place to place.

My invention however has relation to metallic boxes, generally such asare made of an integral piece of metal, and are joined together whenformed into shape at the corners, by interlocking and overlapping` partsprovided for this purpose at said corners.

The object of my invention is to provide an economical box, one which iseasy of manufacture, and one which utilizes a blank without materialwaste from same, inasmuch as the cut away portions are very small.

Another object of my invention is to provide a box, the corners of whichare strengthened and interlocked, as will be hereinafter fully set forthin such a manner that it is impossible for the corners to becomeloosened or to tear apart.

My invention consists in the peculiar construction of the blank wherebythe above objects are attained, all of which will be hereinafter fullyset forth and specically pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings Figure I is a view in plan formed according to myinvention, the dotted lines showing the places in which the metal isturned upon itself in forming the box, and in forming locks at thecorners of the same. Fig. II is an isometrical view showing the boxafter it has been formed and the corners interlocked. Fig. III is alongitudinal sectional view taken through the hem at the upper portionof the box and illustrates the manner in which the several parts of themetal are turned upon themselves and the manner of interlocln'ng theparts together. Fig. IV is a vertical sectional view taken through thecorner at one end of the box, showing the hem turned over and the mannerin which the hem engages the interlocking pieces at the corners.

A represents a blank of metal, preferably of sheet or plate metal. Atthe corner of the blank. A a diagonal eut a is made the depth of whichdetermines the depth of the box, thus leaving triangular pieces a, atthe ends of the side pieces B, B, and trapezoidal pieces Z), whichextend from the ends C, C. The triangular pieces a and the trapezoidalpieces o, are formed shorter or narrower than the pieces B and C,leaving marginal pieces c, c, c, c, around the edges of the sides andends which form the upper hem of the box by turning the metal downwardupon itself as illustrated in Figs. II IV.

In forming the box, the ends and sides are turned up along the lines rZ,d, cl2, Z3 and the trapezoidal pieces Z2 are turned outward and upon theend pieces C, C, the angular pieces ce are then turned around the endpieces C, as illustrated in Figs. II and III and overlapping thetrapezoidal pieces o as illustrated more clearly in Fig. III of thedrawings. The hem c is then turned down tightly upon the corner pieces aand o in such a manner as to clamp the angular pieces a over and'alongthe pieces b, at the corners, and being firmly pressed in thiscondition, the corner pieces are interlocked and the cornersstrengthened, inasmuch as by forming the piece in the shape set forth,the outer end of the tri-angular piece a overlaps it and the edge bforms a shoulder beyond which the triangular pieces a prolect.

J I am aware that boxes have been formed in which the corners are bentupon themselves and the ends are bent outward and are then overlapped toeither side or end and secured in position, but this manner of formingthe box is more expensive, and the metal at the corners is more liableto become cracked during the forming of the box, or subsequently,due tostraining the metal in forming the corners. I have also found that whenthe metal is thus bent at the corners to form the box, that the cornersare more easily distorted, especially when the box contains a heavyload, and is grasped by the tote hooks at the corners as is often thecase. But inasmuch as the corners of the box constituting my inventionare formed of severed portions a and o with the parts a bent around andover the shoulder o of the part Z), it is impossible to distort thecorners of the separate parts at this point, at the same time, byforming the blank in the manner set forth and assembling the parts ashereinabove stated and as illustrated in Figs. II, III, and IV, theboxes can be made quicker, cheaper, and at the saine time more strong.

I have illustrated and ,described the metall lic boX as a tote box, butI do not Wish to limit myself to this type of box inasmuch .as theinvention is applicable to boxes .of .other types and designed for otherusages.

` That I claim is.

A boX formed of a metal sheet having recesses cut into the corners andwith ,a cleft extending .diagonally inwardly from each of said recessedcorners, said sheet adapted to be folded into pan shape With one of eachof the tongue-like portions released by said diagonal clefts reduced inlength and lapped over the adjacent sides of the pan structure, and theother tongue lapped over the shortened tongue and against the adjacentsides of the .pan in advance of the shortened 1 tongue, and with thesides of the pan in advance .of the notched corners foldable over uponthe sides of the pan and of the overlapping tongues.

Signed at Cleveland in the county of Cuyahoga. and State of Ohio, this20 day of September 1905.

WILLIAM E. DONNELLY.

Witnesses A:

LEoNonE C. MARBACH, E, B. DONNELLY.

